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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A dancing.
B the Crusades.
C religion.
D love.
Question #2
A dancelike song for several solo voices.
B polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text.
C piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
D polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections.
Question #3
A be skilled in dance.
B read musical notation.
C play a musical instrument.
D All answers are correct.
Question #4
A with the members of the congregation.
B away from the actual religious services.
C with proper pronunciation and tone quality.
D exclusively in the English language.
Question #5
A deliberations of the Council of Trent.
B protests of Martin Luther.
C music of Palestrina.
D complaints of Desiderius Erasmus.
Question #7
A polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections.
B piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
C polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass.
D dancelike song for several solo voices.
Question #8
A The merchant’s living room
B The king’s court
C The castle
D The church
Question #9
A Germany.
B Flanders.
C Spain.
D Italy.
Question #10
A Instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the Renaissance.
B Renaissance composers often used word painting, a musical representation of specific poetic images.
C The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly polyphonic.
D The Renaissance period is sometimes called “the golden age” of a cappella choral music.
Question #11
A England.
B Flanders.
C Scandinavia.
D Spain.
Question #12
A 1600 and 1750.
B 1000 and 1150.
C 1450 and 1600.
D 1150 and 1450.
Question #13
A wandering minstrels or jongleurs.
B professors in universities.
C monks in monasteries.
D knights in castles.
Question #14
A Ave Maria
B Gloria
C Credo
D Kyrie
Question #15
A Perotin.
B Leonin.
C Pope Gregory I.
D Guillaume de Machaut.
Question #16
A paintings from the new world.
B the new art of baroque painters.
C Italian and French music of the fourteenth century.
D German music of the sixteenth century.
Question #17
A Pope Gregory and Chastelain de Couci.
B Leonin and Perotin.
C All answers are correct.
D Machaut and Josquin.
Question #18
A are the first important composers known by name.
B were the leaders of the school of Notre Dame.
C indicated definite time values and a clearly defined meter in their music.
D All answers are correct.
Question #19
A adding orchestral instruments to church music.
B placing new melodic lines against known chants.
C having some singers embellish the sermon during church services.
D harmonizing melodies with chords.
Question #20
A Paris.
B London.
C Rome.
D Reims.
Question #21
A Alleluia
B Organum
C Jongleurs
D Ostinato
Question #22
A musicians composed new music to accompany dancing.
B All answers are correct.
C the French nobles began to sing hunting songs together.
D monks in monastery choirs began to add a second melodic line to Gregorian chant.
Question #23
A The Madonna was treated as a beautiful young woman.
B The humanists were captivated by the pagan cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.
C The humanists focused on human life and its accomplishments.
D The humanists were basically atheistic in their beliefs.
Question #24
A dance.
B stringed instrument.
C song of worship.
D secular song form.
Question #25
A dancing.
B monasteries.
C monks and nuns.
D church services.
Question #26
A lived on the lowest level of society.
B played instrumental dances on harps, fiddles, and lutes.
C performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares.
D All answers are correct.
Question #27
A Frauenlob.
B Péronne d’Armentières.
C Beatriz de Dia.
D Hildegard of Bingen.
Question #28
A Hildegard of Bingen.
B the monks at the church of St. Trophime.
C Pope Gregory I.
D the nuns of Rupertsberg.
Question #29
A abbess of the convent at Rupertsberg.
B the first woman composer to leave a large number of works that have survived.
C a visionary and mystic active in religious and diplomatic affairs.
D All answers are correct.
Question #30
A All answers are correct.
B is a Latinized form of the Hebrew word hallelujah.
C is often used in Gregorian chants.
D may be translated as “praise ye the Lord.”
Question #31
A different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only five different tones.
B different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only six different tones.
C completely different from any other form of scale.
D like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven different tones.
Question #32
A focused on human life and its accomplishments.
B focused on the afterlife in heaven and hell.
C condemned any remnant of pagan antiquity.
D treated the Madonna as a childlike unearthly creature.
Question #33
A sixth
B ninth
C fourteenth
D thirteenth
Question #34
A the salvation service and the holiness service.
B the worship service and the praise service.
C the monastery and the convent.
D the office and the mass.
Question #35
A published all of the Gregorian chants.
B reorganized the Catholic church liturgy during his reign from 590 to 604.
C All answers are correct.
D composed all of the Gregorian chants.
Question #36
A infrequently, remaining on a single tone for long stretches.
B only by perfect intervals.
C stepwise within a narrow range of pitches.
D by leaps over a wide range of pitches.
Question #37
A The melodies tend to move by step within a narrow range of pitches.
B It conveys a calm, otherworldly quality.
C Its rhythm is flexible, without meter.
D It is usually polyphonic in texture.
Question #38
A retained some elements of the Jewish synagogue of the first centuries after Christ.
B All answers are correct.
C was the official music of the Roman Catholic church for more than 1,000 years.
D is set to sacred Latin texts.
Question #39
A estampies.
B Gregorian chant.
C Trouvère songs.
D contemporary gospel.
Question #40
A forbade the use of music in
B wanted music only as a discreet accompaniment to
C encouraged the use of music as a highlight of
D preferred instrumental music in
Question #41
A used only with wind instruments.
B performed by as many musical instruments as possible.
C used only as a discreet accompaniment.
D banned entirely.
Question #42
A added a sacred quality to the mass.
B frustrated the nobles in their attempts to control the church.
C made it possible for more musicians to be employed.
D bothered the clergy because they distracted the listeners from worship.
Question #43
A stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavane.
B wooden instrument with a cup-shaped mouthpiece.
C silly, humorous dance in duple meter.
D lively dance in triple meter.
Question #44
A earlier role in pagan rites.
B association with minstrels and jongleurs.
C use in early Jewish religious ceremonies.
D sacred quality and background.
Question #45
A the piano.
B religious worship.
C dancing.
D the concert hall.
Question #46
A Secular vocal music was written for groups of solo voices and for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment.
B A wealth of dance music published during the sixteenth century has survived.
C Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church use.
D Secular music contained more rapid changes of mood than sacred music.
Question #47
A three
B two
C five
D four
Question #48
A homophonic
B monophonic
C polyphonic
D imitative
Question #49
A lute
B sackbut
C regals
D shawm
Question #50
A 450-1450.
B 450-1000.
C 1000-1150.
D 1150-1450.
